Faculty

Dr.R.Velkennedy

 rvkciv@tce.edu

59

PUBLICATIONS       

2

SPONSORED PROJECTS

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CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

14

M.E./Ph.D. SCHOLARS

19

SEMINAR, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP ATTENDED

 Educational Qualification

DEGREE BRANCH INSTITUTE YEAR
B.E. Civil Engineering Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi 1986
M.Tech Traffic and Transporatation Planning Regional Engineering College, Calicut 1989
Ph.D Civil Engineering Madurai Kamaraj University 2010

 Experience

PERIOD NO OF YEARS DESIGNATION INSTITUTION
01-05-1986 to 31-03-1987 1 year Supervisor M/s Modern Engineering Constuction Coop Society Ltd, Madras
01-03-1989 to 28-02-1990 1 year Supervisor M/s Modern Engineering Constuction Coop Society Ltd, Madras
03-05-1991 to 04-05-1992 1 year Assistant Engineer Trainee Pandian Roadways Corporation, Madurai
27-09-1993 to 08-10-1998 5 years Lecturer Thiagarajar college of Engineering
09-10-1998 to 30-10-2004 6 years Senior Grade Lecturer Thiagarajar college of Engineering
01-11-2004 to 31-12-2005 1 year Selection Grade Lecturer Thiagarajar college of Engineering
01-01-2006 to 22-01-2010 4 year Associate Professor Thiagarajar college of Engineering
23-01-2010 to 01-01-0001 12 years Professor Thiagarajar college of Engineering

 Publications

 Journals
  1. Angelin Lincy G, Velkennedy R, 2024, Investigation on the Flexural Behavior of Reinforced GPC Slabs Incorporating Metakaolin and Nano-Silica Composite, Structural Concrete, Wiley, Online ISSN: 1751-7648, Print ISSN: 1464-4177, Impact Factor: 3 http://doi.org/10.1002/suco.202301093
  2. , D. NANCY DEBORAH, VELKENNEDY, R. and SITI, MARIA , “CITIZEN SCIENCE APPROACH FOR ASSESSMENT OF PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT QUALITY” Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 7, Pp: 2373-2382, 2023.
  3. KAYALVIZHI, M.; VELKENNEDY, R, INVESTIGATION ON ASPHALT MIXTURE BASED ON PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF NATURAL AGGREGATE WITH RECYCLED CONCRETE AGGREGATES, Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology 24(6) (2023) Pages: 1923-1934
  4. Venkatesh, B. , Velkennedy, R, Spatial assessment on influence of land use and population density in the achievement score of sustainable development target 11.1, Sustainable Development, 2023, In Press
  5. S. Victor Jebaraj, R. Velkennedy and K.L. Muthuramu, “Performance of short column with agro ash based high performance geopolymer concrete” Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 2, Pp: 569-469, 2023.
  6. Jeseema Nisrin Jamal Mohamed, Velkennedy Rathinasamy, Kalidasan Karuppan & Rajeshkanna Parthasarathy, "Numerical investigation of convective cooling in a rectangular vented cavity with two inlets and a hot obstacle", Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 2023, DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2022.2154723.
  7. ANGELIN LINCY G, R VELKENNEDY, "Influence of Al and Si Oxides in Geopolymer Nano-Silica Composite", Periodico di Mineralogia,Volume 91, Issue 4, pp.565 – 579, Impact factor 1.308, DOI: https://doi.org/10.37896/pd91.4/91437.
  8. Venkatesh Baskaran, Velkennedy R, "A systematic review on the role of Geographical Information Systems in monitoring and achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation", Sustainable Development. DOI:10.1002/sd.2302
  9. Angelin Lincy G, Velkennedy R, ‘Experimental optimization of metakaolin and nano-silica composite for geopolymer concrete paver blocks’, Structural Concrete, Ernst and John, Wiley, vol. 22, (Suppl. 1), Aug 2020, pp. E442-E451, ISSN 1464-4177 e ISSN 1751-7648, Available from: , Annexure I and II, Impact Factor: 2.174.
  10. R Velkennedy, J Jeseema Nisrin, K Kalidasan, P Rajeshkanna,” Numerical investigation ofconvective heat transfer in a rectangular vented cavity with two outletsand cold partitions” International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer,Volume129 Pages 105659, Dec, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2021.105659
  11. Nancy Deborah D and R. Velkennedy, ” Estimation of Vehicular Emissions and PM2.5 – A casestudy in Madurai City”, Journal of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Volume23 Issue 11.
  12. R.Pavithra, R.Velkennedy, “Pedestrian Vehicular Interaction under Mixed Traffic Condition”, Journal of Transportation Engineering and Traffic Management, Volume 1 Issue 1 pp 1-9 2020DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3833997.
  13. V. Kartheeswari and R. Velkennedy, “ Analyzing Travel Route Feasibility for Madurai City” Journal of Transportation Engineering and Traffic Management, Volume 1 Issue 1pp 1-6 2020. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3757706
  14. N.Gayathri ,D. Nancy Deborah, R.Velkennedy, “Traffic Delay Studies In Madurai City”Journl of Transportation Systems,2020- volume 5-Issue 1 pp 35-44
  15. Mohammed A. Almeshaal, K. Kalidasan", Faouzi Askri , R. Velkennedy , Ali Sulaiman Alsagri, “Three-Dimensional Analysis on Natural Convection inside a T-shaped cavity with Water based CNT-Aluminium Oxide Hybrid Nanofluid”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry – Springer,July 2019,pp , Impact Factor : 2.471
  16. Angelin Lincy G, Dr.R.Velkennedy, “Green Concrete – A Review”, International Journal of Management, Technology and Engineering, ISSN NO: 2249-7455, Volume IX, Issue V, May 2019, pp.3165-3169 , Impact Factor : 6.3
  17. Nagaraj, B N, George, K J, Velkennedy.R, “Exploration in the use of speed profiles for identification of accident prone locations”, TRID, Journal of the Transportation Research Board Issue Number -42, 1990, pp 137-63. Impact Factor: 0.954
  18. Kalpana K.R, R. Velkennedy, “Determination of Artificial Ground Water Recharge Adequacy in Vaniyar Sub-Basin, Tamil Nadu, India”, Indian Journal of Ecology, December 2018,Vol.45(4) pp. 756-762, ISSN NO -0304 5250, Impact Factor:4.96
  19. V.Gopalakrishnan and R.Velkennedy, "The effect water treatment plant sludge dosage and paddle speed on the removal of suspended particulate matter in municipal waste water", International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCET), ISSN:0972-7302, Vol 8, Issue 8, August 2017, pp 880-888.
  20. Kalidasan K, R velkennedy, Jan Tayler, Dawid Taler, Pawel Oclon,Rajesh Kanna P.,"Numerical study of Air Convection in a Rectangular Enclosure with two Isothermal Blocks and Oscillating Bottom Wall Temperature", International Journal of Numerical Method for Heat and Fluid Flow, vol 28, Issue :1, February 2018 ,pp 103-117, impact factor 2.45
  21. K.P.Vickram karppasamy, R.Velkennedy "Highway safety audit for major roads in Madurai city" International journal & magazine of Engineering Technology, Management and Research. ISSN 2348-4845, Volume 4, Issue No 4, April 2017 Pp 574-582, Impact factor 3.5540.
  22. 5.V.Arivudamai, R.Velkennedy''Acid Attack On Hybrid Fiber Reinforced High Strength Concrete With Manufactured Sand and Coconut Shell'' journal of advances in chemistry, Volume 12, No.27, January 2017, Pp 5825-5828, Impact factor 1.778.
  23. M.Devaraj , R.Velkennedy "Study of Construction Delay Causing Risk on Time and Cost over Run" International journal & magazine of Engineering Technology, Management and Research. ISSN 2348-4845, Volume 4, Issue No 4, April 2017 Pp 284-287, Impact factor 3.5540.
  24. K. Kalanithi, R.Velkennedy "Trip Generation and Distribution model for Madurai city" International journal & magazine of Engineering Technology, Management and Research. ISSN 2348-4845,Volume 4, Issue No 4, April 2017 Pp 300-310, Impact factor 3.5540.
  25. K.kalidasan, R.Velkennedy, P.Rajesh kanna " Laminar natural convection of Copper-Titania/Water hybrid nanofluid in an open ended C-shaped enclosure with an isothermal block", Elsevier, Journal of Molecular Liquids 246, September 2017 pp 251-258, ,Impact factor 3.80
  26. S.Pandiaraj, R.Velkennedy and S.Nagan, "Finite element analysis of synergy effect on concrete beams incorporated with coated reinforcement and alternate aggregates", Advances in Materials Sciences and Engineering, Volume 2016, Article ID 1524540, 16 pages, Impact factor: 1.05
  27. Kalidasan, K., R. Velkennedy, and P. Rajesh Kanna. "Buoyancy enhanced natural convection inside the ventilated square enclosure with a partition and an overhanging transverse baffle." International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer Vol. 56 ,2014, pp 121-132, Impact Factor 2.316
  28. Kalidasan, K., R. Velkennedy, and P. Rajesh Kanna. "Numerical investigation on natural convection inside the side ventilated square enclosure with vertical mid-partition." Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, Vol 66(12)2014, pp 1389-1418, Impact Factor 1.975
  29. G. Sathya, R. Velkennedy and D. Srividya, “ Prioritization of Urban Transport system for Madurai City”, International Journal of Innovative Research in Advanced Engineering (IJIRAE) 1, Vol.2, Jan 2015, pp 318-322
  30. A. Ramalinga Chandrasekar, M. Mahendran, R. Vasudevan and R. Velkennedy, “Polymer modified bitumen prepared using ABS polymer characterization and application in flexible pavement”, ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol.10 No.8, May 2015 pp 3786-3792
  31. K. Kalidasan, R. Velkennedy and P. Rajesh kanna , “Natural convection heat transfer enhancement using nanofluid and time-variant temperature on the square enclosure with diagonally constructed twin adiabatic blocks”, Applied Thermal Engineering Journal, Vol. 92, Jan 2016, pp 219-235, Impact Factor 2.739
  32. V. Gopalakrishnan, R. Velkennedy, A study of the influence of water treatment plant sludge on waste water treatment, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research. ISSN 0976-044X (CODEN:IJPSRR)No16-372,July-August 2016,Article No.63,pp325-329
  33. R. Vasudeven, R. Velkennedy, A. Ramalinga Chandra Sekar and B.Sundarakannan, “Utilisation of waste polymers for flexible pavement”, Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction Review, Vol22, March 2009, pp 62-68.
  34. Kalidasan, K., R. Velkennedy, and P. Rajesh Kanna. "Natural Convection Inside the Open Square Enclosure with Diagonally Placed Twin Square Blocks." Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering Vol.39(11)2014, pp 8265 – 8277, Impact Factor 0.367
  35. Kalphana, K.R, Velkennedy, R and Senthil Velmurugan,J, “Remote Sensing and GIS based approach for identification of artificial recharge sites in Vaniyar sub basin, Ponnaiar River, Tamilnadu, India”. National Journal of Disaster Advances, Vol.7 (10), October 2014,pp 15-31
  36. R. Vasudevan , A. Ramalinga Chandra Sekar B.Sundarakannan, and R.Velkennedy A technique to dispose waste plastics in an ecofriendly way - Application in construction of flexible pavement,Journal of Construction and Building Materials; Elsevier Publications; ,Volume 28, Issue 1, March 2012, pp 311–320, Impact Factor : 2.818
  37. R. Vasudeven, R. Velkennedy, A. Ramalinga Chandra Sekar and B.Sundarakannan, “ Utilisation of waste polymers for flexible pavement and easy disposal of waste polymers”, International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Vol 3 (1), Jan 2010 pp 34-42.
  38. S. Murugan and R. Velkennedy , “STUDY ON PARKING MANAGEMENT FOR THE RELIGIOUS TOWN OF MADURAI CITY, INDIA” Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, Volume 24, Issue 7, Pp: 2354-2360, 2023.
  39. Abdullah.A.A.A, Al-Rashed, K.Kalidasan, Lioua Kolsi, R.Velkennedy, Abdulkarim Aydi, Ahmed Kadhim Hussein and Emad Hasani Malekshah, "Mixed convection and entropy generation in a nano fluid filled cubical open cavity with a central isothermal block", International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Elsevier Publications, 135 (2018), pp 362-375, Impact Factor:2.884
  40. Venkatesh Baskaran, Velkennedy R, “Formulation of citizen science approach for monitoring sustainable development goal 6: Clean water and sanitation for an Indian city”, Sustainable Development, 2023, 31(1), pp. 56–66, DOI: 10.1002/SD.2373.
  41. R.Velkennedy,M.S.Keerthana, “Railway Asset Management for Madurai Division” Journal of Transportation system - 2020, Volume 4 Issue 3 pp 33-41DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3583494
  42. V.Arivudamai, R.Velkennedy, "Mechanical Properties of High Strength Concrete using Eco-friendly Construction Materials", International Journal of Ecology, Environment and Conservation, 2018(2), Impact factor: 4.89
 Conferences
  1. B Venkatesh, R Velkennedy, S Murugan, A Velmurugan,"Indicator for formulating and measuring the Urban Sustainability Index: A Review" in a 9th International Exchange and Innovation Conference on Engineering & Sciences, (IEICES) 2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5109/7158038
  2. Jeseema Nisrin, J.,Velkennedy, R., Kalidasan, K."Influence of Two Discrete Heaters on the Laminar Natural Convection Inside a Closed Room"Lecture Notes in Civil Engineeringthis link is disabled, 2022, 171, pp. 103–115
  3. Dr.R.Velkennedy,"Identification of Optimal Location for Construction Material Warehousing", National level conference on "Paradigm Shift in Civil and Environmental Engineering for Sustainability " Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore.21-22 march, 2019
  4. Dr.R.Velkennedy,"Simulation of Traffic Flow in an Urban Signalized Intersection", National level conference on "Paradigm Shift in Civil and Environmental Engineering for Sustainability " Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore.21-22 march, 2019
  5. Dr.R.Velkennedy,"Road Safety Audit under Mixed Traffic Conditions", National level conference on "Paradigm Shift in Civil and Environmental Engineering for Sustainability " Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore.21-22 march, 2019
  6. R.Velkennedy,Transient Analysis on Isolated Single room ventilated building using two dimensional computational fluid dynamic analysis,International conference on Advanced Manufacturing,pp 175:2013
  7. R.Velkennedy, A case study of impact of declining water table in suburban and identification of recharge zones, Workshop on securing water and food in an urbanising world, pp 227-228; 2012
  8. R.Velkennedy,Buoyancy, an effective tool to enhance the airflow inside the buildings: Energy conservation technique,National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering,pp 209-216, 2011
  9. R.Velkennedy, Enhancement of airflow inside the rural buildings,11th Tamilnadu Science Conference, 26-27 June 2011
  10. R.Velkennedy,Utilization of waste plastics for flexible pavement,National seminar on Problems and Prospects in Habitat Development pp 4-5
  11. Venkatesh Baskaran, R Velkennedy, S Murugan, G Theerumalai,"Modeling and prediction of the achievement level with related goals for SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities" in a 8th International Exchange and Innovation Conference on Engineering & Sciences, (IEICES) 2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5109/5909057
  12. R.Velkennedy A technique to dispose waste palstics in an ecofriendly way - Application in construction of flexible pavements,National Conference on Green Chemistry,pp 150-156,2010
  13. R.Velkennedy,Hydrodynamic analysis on the size and location of openings in an isolated single room buildings using two dimensional CFD analysis,International Conference on Futuristic Innovations and Developments in Civil Engineering (ICFIDCE’13) ,pp 377-382
  14. R.Velkennedy,Parking Management for Madurai The Proceedings of the two day National conference “ENTROIDOS-13” pp109-113
  15. Dr.R.Velkennedy, Financial Feasibility Analysis of Monorail Transport, Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute
  16. R.Velkennedy, Road Traffic Factor analysis for Madurai City using Interpretive structural modeling, NCRISET
 Books
  1. K. Kalidasan, R. Velkennedy and P. Rajesh kanna, “Laminar natural convection inside the open, forward-facing stepped rectangular enclosure with a partition and time-variant temperature on the stepped top wall”, Journal for International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer , Vol 67 June 2015, pp 124-136, Impact Factor 2.782

 Projects

TITLE SPONSORING AGENCY AMOUNT RESPONSIBILITY
Performance of flyash based geopolymer coated aggregates - Bituminous mixes using different filler materials Centre of Excellence in Transportation Engineering, NIT Trichy 100000 Principal Investigator
Study on the characterization and utilization of Waste plastic - Green Technology Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi 36,98000 Co- Investigator

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Attended

  1. Primavera P6 professional Fundamentals Rel 16 Ed 1,Oracle workforce development program, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai 29.6.2019., 29-06-2019 to 01-01-0001
  2. Risk Management Tool Training using Primavera Risk Analysis software V 8.6 Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, 27-06-2019 to 29-06-2019
  3. Ethics for Engineers and Engineering Teachers,Centre for Engineering Education, Thiagarajar College Of Engineering, Madurai, 06-08-2016 to 06-08-2016
  4. Symposium on Smart Cities in India, Challenge and Constraints,Thiagarajar College Of Engineering, Madurai, 10-03-2016 to 11-03-2016
  5. TEQIP Sponsored Workshop on Infrastructure Management for developing India.Thiagarajar College Of Engineering, Madurai, 12-09-2015 to 12-09-2015
  6. Three day TEQIP Sponsored workshop on "GOOD LEARING" , 02-06-2015 to 04-06-2015
  7. 2nd National Conference on Sustainable Institute Industry Patrtnership(SIIP),Society for Educational and EntrepreneurshipDevelopment(SEED),Chennai, 25-08-2014 to 26-08-2014
  8. Short Term Programme on Urban Transport Systems Plainning (UTSP),National Institute of Technology,Calicut, 25-11-2013 to 29-11-2013
  9. Two day TEQIP sponsored workshop on "Outcome Based Education", 22-10-2013 to 23-10-2013
  10. Feature Based Training on EPPM and Primavera Contractor,Thiagarajar College Of Engineering, Madurai, 16-07-2012 to 20-07-2012
  11. Research Methodologies and Issues in Engineering, AICTE Sponsored Staff Development Programme; Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, 12.12.2011 to 24.12.2011
  12. National Workshop on Pile Foundations,Association of Consulting Civil Engineers(INDIA), Madurai Centre, 29-04-2011 to 30-04-2011
  13. Utilization of Waste Polymers for Flexible Pavement and Easy Disposal of Waste polymers, Anna University,Chennai, 3 Days
  14. A Technique to dispose waste plastics in an Eco friendly way-Application in construction of Flexible Pavements, SRM university,Ghaziabad,U.P., 16th,17th september 2010
  15. National Conference on Green Chemistry(NCGC’10),SRM University,NCR Campus, Modi nagar, Ghaziabad, 16-09-2010 to 17-09-2016
  16. SDP on "Application of Remote sensing and GIS in Civil Engineering" on 23.12.2005 , 23-12-2005 to 23-12-2005
  17. AICTE Sponsored ISTE Summer School on " Strategic quality management of technical education" by PSG College of Technology from 11th to 24th May 1997, 11-05-1997 to 24-05-1997
  18. Summer School on "Traffic operation, control and Management in urban centres" by ISTE - Sardar Vallabhabai Regional College of Engineering and Technology, Surath from 5th to 17th June 1995, 05-06-1995 to 17-06-1995
  19. Winter School on " Environmental Impact Assessment of Transportation System" by ISTE - Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Surathkal from 5th Dec to 17th Dec 1994, 05-12-1994 to 17-12-1994

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Organised

  1. TEQIP Sponsored Faculty Development Programme on "Innovative practices in highways design, construction, maintenance and safety" organised on 20-22 February, 2014, 20-02-2014 to 22-02-2014

 M.E./Ph.D. Scholars

NAME OF SCHOLAR COURSE AREA OF RESEARCH STATUS
K.Kalidasan Ph.D Investigation on buoyancy assisted air flow inside the building using CFTD technique Completed
S.Pandiaraj Ph.D Experimental investigation of coated reinforcement in concrete Completed
K.R.Kalphana Ph.D A Case study on site feasibility analysis for artificial recharge Completed
M.Kayalvizhi Ph.D Investigation of Effective Reuse of Demolished Concrete aggregates in Pavements Ongoing
G.Angelin Lincy Ph.D Experimental Investigation on Stregth and Durability of Nano Silica - Geoploymer Composite Completed
J.Jeseema Nisrin Ph.D Numerical and theoretical investigations on the influence of the geometry of structural hot columns using computational fluid dynamics Completed
A. Senthil Kumar Ph.D Structural performance of FRP laminated composite shell structures Ongoing
S. Victor Jebaraj Ph.D Study the behavior of Basalt reinforced cement concrete Ongoing
D.Nancy Deborah. Ph.D Prioritization of urban mobility indicators for Tier-II cities Ongoing
S.Murugan Ph.D A study to ascertain safe and congestion-free road travel Ongoing
B.Venkatesh Ph.D Assessment of urbanization in Tirunelveli city using Geo-spatial techniques Ongoing
M.Aruna Ph.D Carbon management plan for an existing building Ongoing
D. Anantha Lakshmi Ph.D Performance of steel fiber in geopolymer concrete using bottom ash as a partial replacement of fine aggregate Ongoing
K. Priyanka Ph.D Implementation of pavement management system and recommendations of eco-sustainable solution for LRA Ongoing

 Lectures Delivered

TOPIC DELIVERED AT PERIOD
Airport Visual aids and Harbour EngineeringGuest Lecture Kalasalingam University,Krishnankovil 25-02-2016 to 25-02-2016
Transportation Engineering,Guest Lecture Sona College of Technology,Salem 25-09-2015 to 25-09-2015
Design of Pavement PSN College of Engineering 28-03-2015 to 28-03-2015
Pavement design and Construction Sardar Raja College of Engineering, Alangulam Guest Lecture
Pavement Design and Construction Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil One day workshop on pavement design and construction
Construction Management,CPM / PERT, PWD Staff Training Centre, Madurai Periodical
Utilization of Waste Plastics for Flexible Pavement Rural Technology Centre. 05.03.2010
Construction Management - CPM & PERT Technique Sardar Raja College of Engineering, Alangulam, Tirunelveli 04.02.2010
Low cost housing All India Radio,Madurai 23.12.1995
Utilization of platics waste for construction of flexible pavement Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil Guest lecture

  Awards and Honours

  1. For Industry Institute Interaction, AICTE - CII Award Allied Civil Engineering

 Membership

NAME OF SOCIETY DETAILS PERIOD
Indian Roads Congress Annual Member
Indian Society for Technical Education Life member 1994